Cervicitis is acute or chronic cervical inflammation; can be infectious or noninfectious
Ectropion is the eversion of the endocervix, exposing the columnar cells to the vaginal enviro...
Can be asymptomatic or have increased or abnormal vaginal discharge
Dyspareunia
Abdominopelvic pain
Postcoital or intermenstrual bleeding/spotting
Cervicitis: Most evident is...
If infectious cervicitis suspected in high-risk patient and testing is not available, presumptive treatment is appropriate: The recommended regimen for for cervicitis is ...
Test of cure for C. trachomatis is recommended in pregnant patients to document eradication of infection; perform at least 3 weeks following tre...
Cazanave C, Manhart LE, Bébéar C. Mycoplasma genitalium, an emerging sexually transmitted pathogen. Med Mal Infect. 2...
N72 Inflammatory disease of cervix uteri
N86 Erosion and ectropion of cervix uteri
37610005 inflammation of cervix (disorder)
198337003 erosion and ectropion of the cervix (disorder)
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If infectious cervicitis is suspected, treatment of choice is ceftriaxone 500 mg IM plus doxycycline 100 mg PO for 7 days. Do not wait for test results.
Sexual partners need to be treat...
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Herpes simplex cervicitis.
<bold><italic>Figure 21-9</bold> Ectropion ("erosion") of the cervix.</bold> Endocervical glandular epithelium has reappeared in the transformation zone in an adult woman. The rough, red appearance led early observers to believe it involved ulceration (erosion of the mucosa) and inflammation, hence the common clinical name, "cervical erosion."
<bold><italic>Figure 21-9</bold> Ectropion ("erosion") of the cervix.</bold> Endocervical glandular epithelium has...
Herpes cervicitis.